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USDA proposes ‘modernizing’ swine inspections

01.23.2018
Sam Bloch + Jessica Fu
Is Yelp the next diagnostic tool for foodborne illness?
01.11.2018
by Sam Bloch
Prison food is making U.S. inmates disproportionately sick
01.03.2018
by H. Claire Brown + Joe Fassler
How changing women’s fashions gave us the hairnet—and shaped food safety law forever
12.21.2017
by Tove Danovich
Gird your kitchens: Thanksgiving is the most combustible time of the year
11.21.2017
by Sam Bloch
A cattle vaccine “shed” into raw milk, sickening at least one Texan with an ultra-rare disease
09.21.2017
by H. Claire Brown
Poultry inspectors check more than 2 birds per second. The industry wants them to work faster
09.14.2017
by Joe Fassler
Mislabeled egg rolls could’ve killed someone. Why did it take a week to get them off the shelves?
08.31.2017
by Baylen J. Linnekin
After Hurricane Harvey, food safety matters as much as food supply
08.29.2017
by Jesse Hirsch
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